Man City's opening Premier League game of the 2019/20 season saw them stroll past West Ham 5-0 at the London Stadium, with Raheem Sterling netting an impressive hat-trick, Gabriel Jesus opening the scoring and Sergio Aguero dispatching a penalty. There was a lot of talk around City's dominant performance, but there was also plenty of talk around the strength of Pep Guardiola's bench, with the likes of Aguero, Ilkay Gundogan, Phil Foden, Nicolas Otamendi, Claudio Bravo, Joao Cancelo and Bernardo Silva were all named as substitutes. Jose Mourinho even went so far as to suggest that Man City's 'B team' could even challenge for a top four spot this season, such is the quality of City's squad. So, has Mourinho got a point? Where would Man City's 'B team' finish in the Premier League? We used Football Manager 2019 to try and find out. Man City's 'B team' 2019/20 season predicted To set up the simulation, we updated all the latest transfers, manager changes, promotions and relegations, to … [Read more...] about Man City ‘B team’s’ 2019/20 Premier League finish predicted
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Angelino shirt number confirmed during Man City vs West Ham
New Manchester City signing Angelino has had his shirt number confirmed during the pre-season friendly with West Ham in China. The 22-year-old left-back returned to the Etihad Stadium after one year in the Eredivisie with PSV Eindhoven, where he made 34 Eredivisie appearances last term. Pep Guardiola's side activated a buyback clause in defender's contract and he made his second debut for City in the clash against West Ham in the Premier League Asia Trophy. Starting the match and wearing the number 12 jersey, it has now been confirmed by the club that this will be the shirt number for the Spain U21 international next season. Tommy Doyle was wearing his old number, 69. It did not quite go to plan for Angelino against the Hammers though as he conceded a penalty for handball in the first half of the match, which was converted by Mark Noble. City are due to play four matches in the Far East, clashing with either Newcastle United or Wolves this weekend in their second match of the … [Read more...] about Angelino shirt number confirmed during Man City vs West Ham
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Q&A transcript
The day before Manchester United's pre-season friendly with Leeds United in Perth, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sat down with British print journalists at the team hotel to discuss a range of topics ahead of the new season. Question: This must be different to pre-season with Molde? Solskjaer: Of course it's different. When you're at Manchester United, everything is different, but I'm used to this from before. But of course it has moved on since I left as well. Everything. The fans, and football in general, it's bigger, there's more media interest, so it's nice. Do you sense the camp is now revived after the poor end to last season? It was disappointing, the last few months, obviously, but they've come back and it's been really encouraging. You didn't expect anything else though. You expected them to come back with a little bit of grit, but it's only two weeks into the pre-season and its been very encouraging. Has it been as encouraging as you'd hoped? Yeah. Sometimes you expect players to be … [Read more...] about Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Q&A transcript
Man City-bound full-back Angelino assessed
Man City may have won back-to-back Premier League titles, and a few more trophies besides, but there's one position in his team that Pep Guardiola will look to improve this summer - left-back. When he arrived at City , Gael Clichy and Alexander Kolarov were his two options, but they were quickly shipped out in the following season with Benjamin Mendy brought in. However, Mendy has had some severe injury problems over the last two seasons, with Fabian Delph and Oleksandr Zinchenko filling in for the Frenchman, despite both players being midfielders by trade. The hope is that Mendy will make the left-back space his own this season, but City still need a natural replacement. Former City full-back Angelino has been linked with a move back to the Etihad over the last few days, who currently plays for PSV Eindhoven. Manchester United latest news Transfers: Shirt numbers Wan-Bissaka could wear Latest news: United transfer news LIVE News: United get Bailly boost Wan-Bissaka: United close … [Read more...] about Man City-bound full-back Angelino assessed
Revealed: Man City squad for FA Cup final vs Watford
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has taken a squad of 24 players down to London ahead of the Blues' FA Cup final against Watford on Saturday evening. Benjamin Mendy and Eliaquim Mangala were the only members of the first-team squad to not be spotted by photographers as City boarded their train at Manchester Piccadilly on Friday afternoon. Mendy, the 24-year-old left-back, is out with a knee injury while Mangala hasn't played a game for City since February 2018. Six players will be culled when Guardiola selects his 18-man matchday squad on Saturday. Two of those will be goalkeepers, with Claudio Bravo and Daniel Grimshaw expected to take a watching brief from the stands. Philippe Sandler will also likely miss the cut. Guardiola confirmed in his Friday lunchtime press conference that Fernandinho is in with a fighting chance of featuring against Watford and he was snapped arriving at the city centre train station alongside his teammates. The Brazilian holding midfielder hasn't … [Read more...] about Revealed: Man City squad for FA Cup final vs Watford